Cartridge-holder.



E. E. NEAL.

, ,l CARTRIDGE HOLDER. unicum! FILED un. o, 190s. nsxnwnn rss. as. 190s.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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E. E. NEAL.

CARTRIDGE HOLDER. LPPLIUATIOI FILED APB. 9, 190B. BEIBWED FEB. 28, 1909.g 923,068. Patented Mayz, 1909.

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' 4citizen f'4 thev United States, residing at Slfpringfieli4Massachusetts, .have invented certain new and use Cartridge-Holders, ofwhich thefollowing is a clear, full, and exact description.

My inventionrelates to 4cartridge holders and 1536i td to supportanumberI of cartriage shells for ps1-pompt .being simultaneously insertedA inade vted rcmthe;l

1 chambers'. dfffafrefarin cy er. v In the.

Avice 'f,Iiartici1-lailyv ada ted yfer' use with grooved cartridge. shsuch as described andshownf in m"". ,previoiis patent, No. l 881,437,dated Marc 10,1908, but myl inven y tionl is no tnconinedA tofsuch useand may readily be adaptedfor use with the ordinary;

rimmed shells.

' I preferabl nialte`V out of a.

single p ieceo s ring`metal"having a numberl ofv recesses ted around thecentral necessity of -further securingmeans. As

' into the cylinder .I i, 'the `action of` eachrecessportion isindependent of the others in retaining a shell, 1t

= shell.` The seat portion ofY the recessjisof 1s evdentthat one or 'twoempty shellsmay be removed and lnew onesnserted without ff disturbanceto the others. Alsojif one of the-prongsor side portions of a recessbecomes broken throu hV roughfiuse, the deviceis for supporting theremaining shells.. The recess portions of my device lare alsomade-sulliciently thin compared with the width ,ot the the cartridgeshells "to permit a s htplay, whereby any distortion of the ho der doesnot prevent an e insertion of the shell all'ambers as described in mrevious patent referred to. y invention will be defined in the claims.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation ofmy cartridge helder showing a few cartridges supported therein, the headof one of said cartridges being removed; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of a revolver cylinder showing the position of a holderthereon;' 3 is' a. cylinder section showing the action of the extractoru n the holder in removing the same "with t e empty shells; Fig. 4 is aful Improvements in\ pron ooves of g modified vfor'in fof cartridge incombination with my holdergiFigs. 5 and 6 are diierent similar sectionto Fig.' 2nfbut showing la' vsliownjn Fig. 4.

tacliedview of a modified form of'cartridge The preferred form of. mycartridge holder consists 'of a flat s' ringmetal memto'iit `around' theusua turning ratchet of a revolver c linder 4. The annular portion 5 .otthe ho ding memberrests on that portion of :theextractor head`l0 whi chordi- 'narily engalg'esthe rims ofthe ordinaryv car- Extending"preferably.

v6l forming" siibstantiallyj semi circuarfrecesses 7. The neck pprtionf8 `o f` .said may made slig tly narrwer than the dy 'poi-tions thereofjto 'said prongs to` more.. readily yield 'at'fthis point when forcedapart. l Y

The outer ends of'eacli pair of prongs vor side portions 6 of the recessform an entrance or mouth 9 slightly narrower than the seat portionf'ofsaid recess,l and ,this mouth Iis also smaller than; the diameter 'ofthe bottom of the groove 11 ,in,the `cartridge suic'ient size toretainthekfhell securely ycartridge shellis entering'the recess and re'-,turnsto normalfpositin when; ythe shelly has been inserted, thereby'retaining itfthere'in. Although 1 have shown" in the present einbodmentboth' of they prongs or sidey portions 6 of the recess' as resilient itis obvious that my object will be obtained without departin from thespirit of my invention, by ma in only' one side portion of each recessin t is manner, as shown in my modification Fig. 6 in which 2Fdesignates the central aperture, 5* the annular portion, and 7 therecess seat. In this form only one of the side portions of the recess,such as 17, is made resilient. Fig. k5 shows one of 'the preferred formsof my holder in which the side ortions 16.l of the recess are madebroader or the purpose of affording a more substantial sup rt whenresting against the face of the cy inder.

In using my device `the loaded shells previously snapped into therecesses of i the adapted to receive said cartridge shells, said tholder are supported so as to simultaneouslyA recesses having sideportions which form a he" inserted into the chambers of a tire armnariow mouth and a shghtl larger seat cylinder. ln the foi-in shown inFigs. 2 and portion therefor, one at least o the said or- 5 3 the.annular portion of 'the holder is then tions being resilient whereby thecartri ges positioned between the Acylinder andthe reare retainedtherein.

coil plate of the ai'in and engaging the head 3. A cartrid holder whichconsists of a.

of the extractor operates on the holder to substantially at annularplate adapted to eject all of the shells simultaneously from engage anextractor head o a tire arm cylinthe cylinder chambers. der between saidcylinder and the recoil In Fig. 4 l have shown a cartridge with a plateof Said arrn, Said late provided with proecting shoulder 16 adjacent itsgroove recesses around its ann ar portion ada ted 17, which, in thisinstance, e'nvges the head to receive cartridge shells, said recessesav- 14- of the extractor at 15. len used with ing side ortions whichform a narrow 15 this form of cartridge my holder may enmouth an aslightly larger"v seat portion gage the extractor head indirectlythrough therefor whereby said 4cartridges are rethe projecting shoulderof the cartridge, or tained therein.

a shoulder may be provided on the extractor 4. A cartrid holder whichconsists of a head as in Figs. 2 and 3, to engage the substantially atannular plate adapted'to holder. The holder in this case supportsenga-re an extractor heado a fire arm cyhntlie cartridges in the samemanner as in the der tween said cylinder and the recoil other forms,.while the projecting shoulder plate of said arni, said late providedwith of the cartrid enables the same also to be recesses around its annuar portion adapted used inde en eiitly of the holder. to receivecartridge shells, said recesses hav- What claim is: ing side ort-ionswhich lform .a narrow 1. AThe combination with a cartridge mouth an aslightly lar er seat portion holder, of a cartridge shell, one f saidmeintheiefor, one at east oft e side ortions bers having two supportingportions located being resilient whereby the cartri ges are in differentplanes coacting with a portion retained therein.

of the other member held therebetween to 5. r1 `he combination with acartridge foi-in mutual supporting means, said carholder, ofagrooved-'cartridge shell, said tridge holder consisting of asubstantially holder consisting of a substantially flat plate flat plateprovided with a number of reprovided with a number of recesses aroundceases around the central portion thereof the central ortion thereofadapted to readapted to receive said cartridge shells, said ceivecai'tri ge shells, said recesses having recesses having side ortionswhich form a :side portions which form a narrow mout narrow mouth and as 'ghtly larger seat porand a .slightly larger seat Aportion therefor,

' tion therefor wherebysaid cartridges are 'one at least of thesideportions being resiliretained therein. ent whereb the cartrid s areretain 40 2. The combination witha cartridge therein, sai cartridge shebein provided holder, of a cartridge shell, one of said memwith a'projecting @shoulder agjacent its hers having twosupporting portionslocated groove. in different planes coacting with a portion Signed atSpringfield Mass this-28th day of the other member held therebetween toof March 1908.

form mutual supporting means, said car- ELMER. E. NEAL.A tridge holderconsisting1 f'a substantially Witnesses: 4 i tlat pla-te provided wit anumber of re- ,Gro H. CHAMBiinLiN,

cesses around the central portion thereof Jamas W. CLARK.

